Definitions For Quartation
Noun
QUARTATION (plural - or s) (chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.Synonyms
inquartationEtymology
{{etyl, la, en}} quartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.Is Quartation a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
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Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
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Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
21
The word Quartation is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends